Asphalt Weekly Monitor
24 Dec 2021
- Asphalt activity wound down in the U.S. and Canada for the holiday week.
- Asphalt and flux prices were unchanged in East Coast markets.
- Wholesale markets on the East Coast were status quo for asphalt and flux this week.
- Wholesale prices for asphalt and roofing flux were flat in the Midwest this holiday week.
- Midwest retail prices were steady, with assessments static. Winter cold arrived in areas.
- Asphalt and flux prices were stagnant in Gulf Coast markets going into the holidays.
- Gulf Coast asphalt and flux barge prices are assessed steady, with unconfirmed sales at lower levels this week.
- Rocky Mountain selling prices held steady as winter weather set into the region.
- Rockies wholesale prices were flat for December supply. January is being negotiated
- In West Coast, both Pacific Northwest and California markets were static this week.
- In western Canada, both retail and wholesale markets had flat pricing this week.
- Eastern Canada markets were steady for both Quebec and Ontario.
- Oil prices were up modestly for all benchmark grades, mostly on tight crude inventories.
